The Women of Color Resource Center is hosting a community forum

in response to the tragic violence and rape that happened on October 24th

at Richmond High School. On Tuesday, the survivor released a statement,

"We realize people are angry about this, but let the anger cause change; change that is necessary to keep our children, our neighbors and our friends safe."

What happened in Richmond is not an isolated incident. The difficult reality is that 44% of victims are under age 18, 80% are under age 30 and approximately 2/3 of rapes were committed by someone known to the victim. We no longer have the privilege to ignore the pervasive violence against females. We are taking this moment to engage in community dialogue as a catalyst to be heard; and identify ways people can take action, individually or collectively, to address violence against women and girls.

Community Forum: Catalyst for Change

Monday, November 9th at 6:30pm - 8:30pm.

The Women of Color Resource Center

1611 Telegraph Ave., Suite 303 (third floor)

Oakland, CA 94612

(Located near the 19th street BART station).

Youth are encouraged to participate in the forum.

Nancy Kahn, from Bay Area Non-Violent Communication Center,

will facilitate the community forum.

For more information, please email info@coloredgirls.org or call (510)444-2700

Joining us will be Community Violence Solutions

Special thanks to our co-sponsors:

Youth Together

San Francisco Women Against Rape

Leadership Excellence

Women's Therapy Center

LYRIC

Rosalind Lwin

The forum is free. Contributions are welcome and will go

towards facilitation fees.

The venue is wheelchair accessible.